Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Doubles

The doubles luge competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble was held on 18 February, at Villard-de-Lans.[1] With his win, Thomas Köhler became the first person to win in both men's singles (1964) and doubles.[2]

Doubles
at the X Olympic Winter Games
VenueVillard-de-Lans
Dates18 February
Competitors30 from 9 nations
Winning time1:35.85
Medalists
Klaus-Michael Bonsack, Thomas Köhler  East Germany
Manfred Schmid, Ewald Walch  Austria
Wolfgang Winkler, Fritz Nachmann  West Germany

Results

Rank[1]AthletesCountryRun 1Run 2Total
Klaus-Michael Bonsack
Thomas Köhler
 East Germany47.8847.971:35.85
Manfred Schmid
Ewald Walch
 Austria48.1648.181:36.34
Wolfgang Winkler
Fritz Nachmann
 West Germany48.5848.711:37.29
4Hans Plenk
Bernhard Aschauer
 West Germany48.7048.911:37.61
5Horst Hörnlein
Reinhard Bredow
 East Germany48.8049.011:37.81
6Zbigniew Gawior
Ryszard Gawior
 Poland49.0148.841:37.85
7Josef Feistmantl
Wilhelm Biechl
 Austria48.8149.301:38.11
8Giovanni Graber
Enrico Graber
 Italy49.0149.141:38.15
9Lucjan Kudzia
Stanisław Paczka
 Poland49.0949.081:38.17
10Ernesto Mair
Sigisfredo Mair
 Italy49.1049.571:38.67
11Georges Tresallet
Ion Pervilhac
 France49.9749.291:39.26
12Horst Urban
Roland Urban
 Czechoslovakia50.4650.021:40.48
13Jan Hamřík
František Halíř
 Czechoslovakia51.8550.851:42.70
14Ivar Bjare
Jan Nilsson
 Sweden51.0452.521:43.56
-Mike Hessel
Jim Moriarty
 United StatesDNF--

References

  1. "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. "Luge at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's Doubles". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
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